Scope choices for Yukon sheep hunt

[Diddywahdiddy]

Borden .300 WSM Rimrock action rifle with Swaro Z5 3-18x44...lightweight rifle and perfectly balanced scope. Have taken the 2014 BC dark ram, 2015 Yukon ram, 2016 64" AK-Yukon moose and 10 year-old Fannin Yukon ram...and a few whitetails, mulies, and the Idaho and MX rams last year. A great scope on a great rifle.
Best,
Diddywahdiddy

 

[wlane87]

Use the Swaro Z8i 2-16x44 now but just ordered the Mark 5 Leo 3.6-18x44 in FFP. Pretty excited about both. I love the Swaro glass so it was hard to get something different

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I’ve had good luck on 3 rams with a leupold vx3i 2.5-8x36, I have a vx5 2-10 on another rifle but my go to has been a 308 with the 2.5-8x36. Seems like bigger scopes are the in thing these days but all the sheep guys I know just have leupolds of all sorts from vx2 2-7s, 2.5-8s 3.5-10s.

Im not a dialer or a long range hunter but I feel pretty comfortable with a vx3i our to 400 with my rifle. I’m debating on moving the vx5hd 2-10 over, it has a cds dial but I haven’t had much of a chance to play with it yet.

 

[JP100]

Had a Zeiss on my my 300wsm for a while and swapped it for a Swaro Z5 and what a difference!

For that class of scope the Swaro Z5 has to be one of the best options. super light for the size, 3-18 is more than enough magnification for any shot and the dial up seems pretty good. get the reticle with the MOA has tags(4w I think its called) and your sorted.

I would either go with the Swaro z5, a Z3 or a Loopy VX3 or VX5

Leupolds are reliable and have pretty good glass, I think the Swaro tops them with glass and the Swaros are lighter aswell.
Swaro have a new Z5 with 2.4-12x50mm which would be a great option aswell.

The Swaros have about 13MOA on the turret I think, which should get you out to 500-600 depending on caliber, which is plenty far.


As above too much zoom/magnification can be a bad thing, and you DON'T have to run it on max for long shots. 12x or 14x is plenty to shoot out a long ways. Even on 10x you can shoot 500-600+ easily with a good reticle.

I have had clients shoot the wrong animal when zoomed right in, ie on 20x or more with some of the big nightforces. If there are multiple animals in a group make sure you can see more than one of them when you shoot so you have a reference as to who is who.